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Rare and modern books

[Wiese, Illus., World War Ii] Stong

MISSOURI CANARY

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943

104.50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1943
Place of printing
New York
Author
[Wiese, Illus., World War Ii] Stong
Publishers
Dodd, Mead & Company

Description

First edition. Illustrated throughout in both colour and black and white by Kurt Weise. Tall 8vo, in the original pictorially decorated paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, illustrated endpapers, in the original dustjacket. 78pp. A fine copy with just a little rubbing along the bottom board edge, unobtrusive former owner's stamp on the front free-fly, the jacket is bright and clean and fully intact with only trivial mellowing at the edges and folds.

Edizione: scarce in dustjacket, an entertaining world war two children's book with illustrations by caldecott honor winner kurt wiese.<br> in this fast-moving and funny adventure two boys and their mule, the titular missouri canary, get involved with a troop of army soldiers in town for combat training. this is one of several books by the combined talents of phil stong and kurt weise published during and about the second world war. children's books such as these played an important role in maintaining good morale on the home front.